Ministry Loses Challenge to Ban on Sex Offenders Living Near Places That Children Gather

In Hope Prison Ministries v. City of Fort Worth, Texas , (ND TX, Aug. 14, 2026), a Christian ministry that operates transitional housing for former inmates, including sex offenders, challenged a Fort Worth Ordinance that bars registered child sex offenders from residing within 2,000 feet of any premises where children regularly gather. Apparently, this restriction makes it difficult for HPM to…